Resilient wheel.



W. J. FABER. RESILIBNT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1912.

Patented Mar. 11 1913- iwf/WOR Jr Fabe J. Wl

TTURNEYS in which resiliency is required.

' UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JOHNIABER, 0F ONEIDA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO CHRISTIAN C. FABER, 01E-BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

Specification of Letters'latent.

Patented Mai-.11,1913.

I y Tovall 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. FABER, 'aieit-,izen of the United States, and a resi dent of Oneida, in the county of Madison and` State of New York, have invented a new and Improved R'esilient Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear,-and exact description. l

This invention relates to wheels adapted for use on automobiles and other vehicles Among the objects of this invention is to construct a wheel having a pneumatic cushion spaced sufficiently far from the periphery-or treadof the wheel to protect it from 'punctures or severe abrasion and yet pro` vide the usual advantages of the pneumatic cushion now well known to pertain to pneumatic tires.

The foregoing and other objects of this invention will hereinafter befully described and claimed and illustrated inthe drawings accompanyingthis ecification -in which like characters of resldrence indicate corre-A sponding parts in all the "views, and in which-.

Figure nl is a side elevation of a. wheel embodying a preferred form -ofthe invenscrews 17 extending therethrough from thef outside, said screws having threaded enaYV gagement with the inner plates and consti-ifV .55.

tion,said 'wheel being partly broken away and partly in section; and Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections on the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1, these views Vindicating the relative positions of the parts when under partial compression.

Referring particularly to the drawings, I show at l0 a wheel comprising a hub 11, a series ofvspokes 12 and a rim 13 to which the outer ends of the spokes arel Secured. The rim 13 comprises two pairs of annular plates, one plate 14 of each pair being connected rigidly to the adjacent plate 15 of the other pair. The plates 14 may be hereinafter referred to as the outer plates, and

, the plates 15 as t-he inner plates, for convenience Aof description. The inner plates are connected by a series of transverse plates or spacers 16 'rigidly connected to the plates as by lugs 16 passed through said plates and upset therein. The plates 14 and 15 are connected in this instance by means of a series of removable fasteners such as tuting a means for securing all of the plates substantially rigidly together as a unitary. rim structure. 'The spokes 12l maybe vlorazed or otherwise vsuitably rigidly and permanently connected to the outer annular plates.v

The pneumatic cushion consists preferabl of a tube 18 lying within said rim 13 4an in this instance, between the spokes 12.

Said tube 18 is secured to the rim 13 in a substantial and permanent manner' :as by means of a series of U-shaped straps 19 which extend around the same and have their ends secured between the adjacent plates 14 and 15, the screws 17 passing through such ends. f

The tread portion of the rim comprises a shoe 20 which is composed of some suitableV tough and flexible material, such as raw hide, rubber or other material, and, as indi cated in Figs. 2 and 3, consists substantially of an open sided tube, the edges of which extend between the -inner and outer plates and there' secured in placeby the'clampin effect of the screws 17. The outer or loope portion of the shoe extends beyond the land 22 are all preferably connected together each to eachn by means of a iexible` strip or band 23 secured to the blocks by `means of small nails or fasteners 24 as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the fasteners may be prevented from passing through the strip 23 by means of small washers'or plates 25.

From the `foregoing description .of the construction it will be observed that when the wheel is placed under strain or compression, the weight of the wheel and load will causethe lowermost blocks 21 and 22 to be moved radially with respect to the hub'll, such movement being resisted resiliently by the inlated tube 18. In other words, I prosvde a pneumatic wheel in which the pneuthe periphery of the wheel whereby I introperiphery of vthe inner and outer latesand' movement with respect to the,

,plates to each ot cpre; or' this paient my ne ammini LolsziieoesA duce between such periphei-y .andYthe 'i'11i`l1-t teningfrneansnassing througli'tlie inner and relatively movable elements o-f'a nature to withstand the rough usage to which Wheels of this .nature are subjected, thereby -rcli'eving the comparatively thin pneumatic tube from such'usa'ge. y The several parts constituting this wheel may bemadeof any materials best suited for their several lmotions;.andthe relative sizes andpr'oportions thereof maybe variedto a considerable ext/cnt without departing from the spirit of the invention',

Having thus describedvmy invention, what I claim as new andrdeSire-to securebymLet- 1 In a wheel -of the character set forth, the combination of aix-iin comprising a pair of outer plates,A a pairof inneriplates one adjacent each of the aforesaid platea' transverse means rigidly/ connecting the Vinner er, a series of radially Inovable blocks between'the inner plates, pneu matic tube lyingin contact withl the 'inner ends of said' blocks, av toughiexible shoe embracing the outer ends Aof saidblocks, por`- tions oi said shoe extending "between, the adjacent inner and outer plates, straps seouring `th e jtube in place, theends orsaid straps likewise lying between the adjacent inerandouter`.p1ates'and removable fas- -shoe in place.-

2. Ina wlh the combination of a 'pair of'inne'rr annular vplates, a series of transverse spacers Vconnecting isaid plate'sand rigidly secured thereto,

between said d@lates-and.;Spacers;v aflexible `strip surroun ing' said-blocksand securing .themtogether,' a tough" lexiblefshoe'surportions of saidshoeflying'faginst the outer plates lying adjacent* the inner :plates f and .embracing said portions the shoe,-a pneu'- In'atlc tube lying Within the series'bfblocks a series of J-shaped str'apssecuringA the tube in place, said straps extending betweenadjacent inner and outer plates,`an d screws passing through .said plates and straps and thereby securing theslioe in place.

. AIn testimony whereof' I have signed 4my 'name to this 'specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l.

. VVILLIAL JGHN FABER.

' vlitnesses: .Y )IRENE CLARK, v

five cents each,A by ddr -Washingtom lB, C."

. Wmrns'mn oter 'plates and securing saidstrapsjand eel of the cl'iaracte'r set finith,v

vfaces of said plates, a'pairo outer ,annularessing tliel Commissioner offratent.-

and in contact With-tbe inner. eifids-.thereo f,l 

